Registering toy bank.



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BEGISTERING TOY BANK.

(Application led Sept` 15, 1898.)

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PHILIP HOWELL, OF FRANK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A. M. PATTERSON AND M. J. THOMPSON, OF SAME PLACE.

REGISTERING TOY BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,737, dated November 21, 1899.

Application filed September 15, 1898. Serial Ilo. 691,022. (No model.)

T0 au whom it may concer/t:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HOWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frank, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Registering Toy Bank, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to moneybanks, and particularly to a novelty or toy bank.

One object of the invention is to provide a registering toy bank which will indicate the amount of money deposited; and another object is t'o provide a locking mechanism, in connection with the registering mechanism, whereby the lock will be opened at definite intervals after denite amounts have been deposited, but cannot be opened at any other time.

Another object is to provide a bank and mechanism which can be constructed almost entirely of sheet metal, thereby effecting ease and economy in its manufacture.

With these various objects in View my invention consists, essentially, in arranging a registering mechanism upon the inner face of the door and operating said mechanism by means of a lever which projects into the coin-passage, so that as each coin is inserted the mechanism will be operated to effect the registration.

The invention consists also in the employment of a springdock the bolt of which is normallyheld closed by means connected with and operated by the registering mechanism and which releases the bolt at definite intervals, so that the spring can release the same and the door be opened.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction and novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, forming part of this speciflcation, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bank constructed in accordance with my invention. Eig. 2 is an inner face view of the door, the case being shown in section in order to show the mechanism in elevation. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 6. Fig.

4 is a face view of the door, showing the leu ver in the slotway. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail View of the registerin g-dial, and Fig. 8 is a detail view 55 of the bolt.

In constructing a bank in accordance with my invention I make the box or body portion A substantially in the form of a cube, supported upon shortlegs,and I prefer to stamp 6o this box or body from sheet metal, providing the usual opening for the door B, hinged at B' to the box or body and arranged to swing outwardly. A slot B2 is cut in the door, near the upper end, through which coins pass into the bank, and a coin chute or way B3 is arranged upon the inner face of the door, sa-id coin-chute being preferably made integral with a plate O, attached to the inner face of the door and forming the base or front plate 7o of the registering mechanism. A back plate D is arranged parallel with the front plate and is connected therewith by means of short posts or studs D', and all of the indicating,

registering, and locking devices are arranged between and carried by these two plates, which constitute the frame of the mechanism. A shaft E is journaled in the frame and passes through the door, carrying a pointer E' upon its forward end, and a dial-plate F is arranged 8o upon the front face of the door, the pointer and dial vbeing' protected by a suitable glass or crystal E', mounted in the usual form of bezel F2, attached to the face of the door.

The dial is marked off with iifty subdivisions,

each fifth division being indicated by a fig ure-such as 5, 10, 15, and so on-as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4;. A toothed wheel G is mounted upon the shaft E adjacent to the rear plate and turns with the shaft, 9o

said wheel having as many teeth as the dial has subdivisions-namely, fifty. A lever H is pivoted to the back plate D and extends upwardly through a slot in the coin-chute,

said lever being normally held in the path of the coin by means of a spring II', attached to the frame and bearing against the lever. This lever is preferably made with a forward offset in order to throw the upper end as far forward as possible, so that it will work in the coinroo chute near the entrance and also work adjacent to the toothed wheel. A pawl I, in the form of a link, hook, or loop, is pivoted to the lever II near the upper end, the hooked end of said pawl engaging the teeth of the wheel G, and as a coin is introduced into and passed through the chute the lever is pushed back, drawing with it the pawl, which moves the Wheel the distance of one tooth, and consequently moves the pointer one point on the dial, and each time a coin is introduced the lever, pawl, wheel, and pointer are operated, thus showing at a glance the number of coins that have been deposited. l/Vhen the pointer has made a complete revolution, the wheel G has also made one, and a pin K, attached to said wheel, operates upon a spur-wheel L, mounted upon a shaft L', journaled in the pendent end D2 ot the plate D, and this shaft L also carries a registeringdisk L2 upon its forward end, which disk has a series of numerals upon its front face, which show through an opening F3 in the dial, the common-multiple numerals being the highest number on the dial-in the present instance 50, so that the disk in the present case is shown with numerals 50, 100, and so on up to 500; and it will be clearly understood that at each revolution of the pointer and toothed wheel the registeringdisk is moved one space, so that the total number of coins deposited will be shown by the number displayed by the disk plus the number indicated by the pointer, and by referri ng to Figs. l and 4E it will be seen that the register and pointer show that three hundred and titty-two coins have been deposited.

In order to keep the door closed and fastened and to provide for its releasement at denite intervals, I provide a bolt M, which works through the side of the frame and projects beyond the side et' the opening in the box or body and thereby holds the door closed. This bolt is pivotally connected at its rear end to an elbow-lever M', which lever is pivoted to the plate C and carries a pin M2, against which a circular tu rnbler-disk N bears and holds the lever and bolt in a locked position duringthe entire revolution ol said tumbier-disk, which is provided with a notch or recess N in its periphery, into which the pin M2 can move when the disk is brought into alinement with said pin, and in this manner the lever and bolt are released and the door unlocked, the lever being thrown back by means of a spring M3, which is fastened to the frame and bears aga-inst the pin M2, so that the moment the notch or recess is moved into the proper position the door will be unlocked.

In the construction herein shown and described the notch is so arranged that the bolt is released at the same time the registeringdisk is operated-that is, at each iiftieth deposit-but it will be understood that the notch or recess can be arranged at any other point,

and, if desired, more than one maybe made. I have also shown a casing` O to cover and protect the mechanism; butthis can be omitted, if desired, or it can be made in a different form.

The body is made of one piece and the top and bottom securely fastened thereto. The sides of the body are also paneled by pressing, and the top can be pressed for the same purpose.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

'1. In a bank, the combination with the body and door, of the coin-chute, of a springpressed operating-lever provided with an offset and extending` through a slot in the coinchute near the en trance thereof, a pawl pivotally secured to the said lever and adapted to engage a toothed wheel mounted concentrically with a pointer or dial, a disk mounted on the same shaft with the pointer and provided with a lug or pin to engage the spurs of the spur-wheel located beneath said toothed wheel to operate the lower registering-dial mounted beneath said disk, and the pivoted locking-bolt adapted to be thrown out ot' engagement with the door-frame by the insertion of a coin or coins, substantially as described.

2. In a bank, the combination with the coin-- chute, of an operating-lever provided with a forward oifset and working in said chute near the entrance thereof, a link-pawl pivoted to the lever, the hooked end of which is adapted to engage a toothed wheel mounted concentrically with a pointerordial, a disk mounted on the same shaft with the pointer and provided with a lug or pinto engage the spurs of the spur-wheel mounted beneath said toothed wheel to operate the lower registering-dial and the pivoted locking-bolt normally held in a locked position bythe disk and adapted to he released at intervals substantially as described.

In a bank the combination with the coinchute, of an operating-lever, working in the chute at the entrance thereof, said lever being normally held in the path of the coin by suitable means, a pawl pivoted to the lever near its upper end and designed to engage a toothed registering-wheel and move with the lever upon the insertion of a coin in the chute, a locking-bolt pivotally connected to an elbowlever, a pin or projection on said lever, a circular tumbler-disk bearing against said pin to normally hold the bolt in a locked position7 said disk having` a notch in its periphery to be engaged at intervals substantially as described.

PHILIP HOWELL. lVitnesses:

H. R. McPHEnsoN, JOHN ARTHUR.

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